A man who worked for an automotive parts company as a production manager has won the right to sue for compensation after his tribunal case was accepted. Mark Bullock will now be able to say that his depression, anxiety, stress and diabetes were in fact a disability and that he suffered disability discrimination and unfair dismissal from his position. His employer Klarius UK Ltd stated that they did not think his conditions were a disability, however he lost his job on capability grounds after a period of suspension. Mr Bullock said that his condition affected his family life and that the company should have made sufficient adjustments to allow him to work. He said he was irritable, could not sleep and he accused the company of advertising his job behind his back. Eventually Mr Bullock saw a doctor and went on sick leave. The tribunal decided that Mr Bullock was disabled by his condition.

The Ulster bank has finally announced the compensation package it will be offering to those customers affected by account issues during June and July. The compensation package of 35 million Euros will be a made up of a one-off payment of 25 million Euros to those customers who were affected and extra interest payments will make up the remaining amount. Only those customers who were forced to visit a branch will be able to claim and certain fees and charges will also be waived for the period of time the IT system was not working correctly. Jim Brown from the bank has said that they are doing what they can to restore trust in the bank and compensation is the first step towards doing that. Additional measure have been taken to prevent a repeat of the incident. Claims will be processed from September 3 and customers are urged to back up their claims with paperwork if they can.

Those solar panel installers who were left out of pocket by the governments indecision over the feed-in-tariff have been forced to take their case for compensation to the High Court after the government ignored their calls for recompense. The legal team leading the case, Prospect Law, have issued a letter to the government asking for £2.2m in damages, however the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) refused to pay and said it was not responsible. This is despite the DECC being held liable in the Supreme Court for illegally changing the feed-in-tariff during a consultation. Nick Keighley from Solarlec, one of the companies involved in the legal action, has commented that the DECC had every opportunity to prevent the issue going to court and should have acknowledged that it was the government action which caused harm to the solar industry. The DECC has said that they are considering the claim and will respond in due course.

A man who was found guilty of one of the worst fly-tipping incidents in the UK has been told he must pay £329,000 in compensation or risk going to jail. Stephen Richards made £2m from fly-tipping in the Gwent area of Wales which is considered to be an area of environmental importance. Despite the fact he was caught, the money was not recovered and the only property which could be seized was his land and a van. 26,000 tonnes of rubbish were dumped in the area over a three year period and he also dug 1,000 tonnes of clay from his land and sold it as topsoil. Richards claimed that he made no money from his exploits and that he only had enough to survive on a day to day basis. The judge agreed that the money appeared to have been spent, but still gave him just six months to come up with the compensation. The local council say that the damage caused was on an unprecedented scale.